Category: Asia & Pacific

A Harrowing 24 Years: Living Under the CCP’s Ongoing War Against Falun Gong

July 20, 2023
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In her 34 years, Doria Liu almost never saw her mother cry—not even when her mother recounted suffering harrowing torture at the hands of Chinese authorities in a bid to break her faith. But during a video call on May 6, when Ms. Liu showed her mother a photo of her and her husband holding…

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Falun Gong Practitioners Recount a Harrowing 24 Years of Withstanding CCP Persecution

July 20, 2023
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In her 34 years, Doria Liu almost never saw her mother cry—not even when her mother recounted suffering harrowing torture at the hands of Chinese authorities in a bid to break her faith. But during a video call on May 6, when Ms. Liu showed her mother a photo of her and her husband holding…

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China’s Q2 GDP Growth Slows to 0.8 Percent as Economic Engines Stall

July 20, 2023
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The Chinese communist regime admitted on July 17 that the GDP growth rate in the second quarter of the year was lower than expected. Observers pointed out that China’s economy is actually in stagnation or even decline, as investment and demand both domestic and foreign continue to weaken, with domestic structural problems predicted to lead…

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US Religious Freedom Advocate Targeted by Chinese Hackers in Microsoft Breach

July 19, 2023
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WASHINGTON—Religious freedom advocate Nina Shea didn’t think that she’d ever be a target of the Chinese regime. At the Hudson Institute think tank where she worked, there are more prominent critics of the communist regime like former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his former China policy advisor Miles Yu. But the expert recently found…

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2 Dead in New Zealand Shooting Ahead of FIFA Women’s World Cup

July 19, 2023
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A gunman has shot dead two people in the city centre of Auckland just hours before the start of the FIFA Women’s World Cup. Auckland Police said the serious incident that occurred at a construction site has been contained. Six people were reported with injuries, including one policeman who was critically injured and four members…

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2 Shot Dead in Auckland Ahead of FIFA Women’s World Cup Opening

July 19, 2023
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A gunman has shot dead two people in the city centre of Auckland just hours before the start of the Women’s World Cup. Auckland Police said the serious incident that occurred at a construction site has been contained. Six people were reported with injuries, including one policeman who was critically injured and four members of…

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2 Shot Dead in Auckland Ahead of FIFA Women’s World Cup

July 19, 2023
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A gunman has shot dead two people in the city centre of Auckland just hours before the start of the FIFA Women’s World Cup. Auckland Police said the serious incident that occurred at a construction site has been contained. Six people were reported with injuries, including one policeman who was critically injured and four members…

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Tourist Who Saw US Soldier Sprint to North Korea Initially Thought It Was a Stunt

July 19, 2023
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand—Sarah Leslie thought she was witnessing a stunt when she saw an American soldier start sprinting toward North Korea. Leslie and her father, tourists from New Zealand, were part of a group that left Tuesday morning from Seoul to visit the Demilitarized Zone that divides South and North Korea. Pvt. Travis King was…

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[PREMIERING 7/20, 7:30PM ET] Defecting From the ‘Ultimate Propaganda Country’: Hyun-Seung Lee on North Korea’s Oppressive Regime, Its Relationship With China, and Its Nuclear Bluster

July 19, 2023
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“I’ve communicated with some people inside of North Korea, and I heard from them that the recent famine is very similar to [the] 1990s famine. And, as we all know, almost 3 million people died of starvation during that time.” Hyun-Seung Lee, otherwise known as “Arthur” Lee, is a former member of the North Korean…

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New Drug Could Prevent COVID-19 and Future Variants

July 19, 2023
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Scientists from the Queensland Institute of Medical Research Berghofer have invented a drug that can both prevent and treat COVID-19, including all new variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. In their internationally peer-reviewed paper published in the journal Nature Communications, Australian medical researchers found that their drug can both prevent persistent inflammation as well as repair damaged…

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